Our income
We're not for profit. By choosing us, you'll
not only receive the very best training for you and your
colleagues, and the highest quality products for your workplace,
but you'll also be helping us build a nation of first aiders.
We teach first aid to over a quarter of a million people every
year through our workplace first aid programme, but our work
doesn't end there - we're determined to take our first aid message
to as many people as possible.
All surplus income we receive from the workplace training you
book with us is used to fund our vital charitable work.
However, there is even more you can do to help us save
lives.
Partner with St John Ambulance
A partnership is a great way for your organisation to show its
commitment to first aid.
To find out more on the many ways to align your brand with our
charity, please email corporatepartnerships@sja.org.uk
today.
Join our volunteering or fundraising ranks
As an individual, you can also help us be the difference between
lives lost and lives saved.
Find out more about how you can become a volunteer how to get involved in the many
fundraising opportunities that are
happening across the country.
Here's what your support helped us achieve:
Key statistics
- Every year, we train around 400,000 people in
life saving skills through our training programmes
- In 2015, we trained 262,800 people through the
workplace
- In 2015, we provided fully trained and equipped personnel at
more than 30,000 events
- In 2015, 190,000 students watched The Big
First Aid Lesson Live
- In 2015, there were over 3.4 million visits to
our website, containing our essential free first aid
information.
General statistics
- Fewer than one in 10 people have the skills to
save a life [St John Ambulance Census Feb 2014*]
- Our research says less than one in five of us
(18%) knows even basic first aid [Helpless
stats (research from 2012)]
- 97% of people feel it is important to know
first aid, yet half do not have the confidence in their skills to
save a life [St John Ambulance Census Feb 2014]
- One in two parents feel helpless in an
emergency situation [St John Ambulance Census Feb
2014]
- 62% of parents say knowing first aid skills
would make them feel more prepared for parenthood
- Only 38% of households have a first aid kit at
home. Of those, only 8% check the kit [St John Ambulance Census
Feb 2014].
Schools and young people
- Almost 60% of children have no first aid
training whatsoever [St John Ambulance Census Feb
2014]
- 97% of teachers think learning first aid is
important, but only 21% offer it in their schools [Big First
Aid Lesson stats (YouGov Poll 2014)]
- 190,000 school children viewed the Big First
Aid Lesson Live in June 2015
- We trained 18,000 young people not in
education, employment or training through our RISE project in
2015
- Just under half of the young people trained through RISE shared
their first aid knowledge with others within 12 months of being
trained
- Nearly a third of young people trained through RISE had used
their first aid to help others within 12 months of being
trained
- 54% of young people engaged with RISE through
volunteering went from Not in Employment, Education or Training
(NEET) to in Employment, Education or Training (EET)
- In 2015, more than 140,000 young people
received first aid training at school
- 8,500 school pupils received first aid
training from St John Ambulance thanks to our partnership with
Babcock International in 2015.
Community first aid
- Every year, around 30,000 adults attend one of
our community first aid courses
- Every year, we train around 400,000 people in
life saving skills through our training programmes
- During Save a Life September 2015, we held over
323 first aid demos across the country
- In 2015, we distributed over 670,000 first aid
guides to provide more people with first aid advice at their
fingertips
- In 2015, over 1,000,000 people viewed our
first aid advice videos
- In 2015, there were 10.7 million views of
The Chokeables, our campaign showing people how to save a
baby from choking
- 46 parents told us that they saved their baby
from choking as a direct result of our campaign The
Chokeables in 2015.
First aid in the workplace
- St John Ambulance teaches first aid to more people than any
other organisation
- Each year, we offer over 20,000 courses,
taking place at over 240 venues
- In 2015, we trained 262,800 people through the
workplace.
Service provision
- We administer first aid to 90,000 people at
events each year
- We provide first aid coverage at 30,000 events
across the country
- In 2015, our volunteers gave more than
1,000,000 hours to provide first aid at
events.
Other
- In 2015, there were over 3.4 million visits to
our website
- In 2015, more than £110,500 was raised through
our Donate for Defibs fundraising appeal – the equivalent to
110 defibrillators to be used where they are
needed the most
- 3,370 pieces of media coverage that directly
educated or signposted to first aid advice were secured in
2015.
*The St John Ambulance Census is an annual survey we
use to produce a ‘state of the nation’ report into first aid
trends.